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Ga. Southern 38, Delaware 7
Saturday, September 8, 2001
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Delaware 0 7 0 0 7
Geo Southern 7 17 7 7 38
Geo Southern-Revere 1 run (S Shelton kick)
Geo Southern-D Cooper 58 fumble return (S Shelton kick) 
Geo Southern-Peterson 6 run (S Shelton kick)
Delaware-Elliott 19 pass from Postlethwait (Collins kick) 
Geo Southern-FG S Shelton 42
Geo Southern-Revere 1 run (S Shelton kick)
Geo Southern-Davis 19 run (S Shelton kick) 
                       Delaware Geo Southern
First downs                   7          17
Rushed-yards              40-88      60-349
Passing yards               104          63
Sacked-yards lost           2-8        5-27
Return yards                  5          70
Passes                  11-21-1       2-7-1
Punts                    8-36.1      4-35.5
Fumbles-lost                2-2         3-2
Penalties-yards            6-52        6-56
Time of possession        32:16       27:44
Individual Statistics
RUSHING: Delaware-A Jenkins 13-54, Veach 3-16, S Bleiler 5-14, Cross 2-6, Patrick 3-4, Bennett 1-0, Postlethwait 13-minus 6. Geo Southern-Peterson 26-121, Revere 16-117, Myers 4-43, Davis 2-38, T Anderson 4-11, Wells 3-6, Ford 2-5, Cox 2-5, C Williams 1-3.

PASSING: Delaware-Postlethwait 11-21-1-104. Geo Southern-Revere 2-5-0-63, Cox 0-2-1-0.

RECEIVING: Delaware-Elliott 4-56, Penecale 2-26, Medley 1-11, S Bleiler 1-7, Lavelle 1-5, A Jenkins 1-2, Cross 1-minus 3. Geo Southern-Owens 2-63.

Att: 16,105

STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) - Adrian Peterson ran for 126 yards and a touchdown and quarterback J.R. Revere ran for 117 yards and two touchdowns as Georgia Southern beat Delaware, 38-7, Saturday.

Peterson set an NCAA record for consecutive 100-yard, regular-season rushing games, breaking the previous record of 32 set last year by R.J. Bowers of Grove City College, a Division III school in Pennsylvania. It was Peterson's 45th straight 100-yard game, including playoffs.

Peterson also set a Southern Conference career rushing record with 5,418 yards, surpassing the 5,349 yards compiled by Thomas Haskins of VMI from 1993 to 1996.

Georgia Southern scored their first two touchdowns on Delaware turnovers, including a 1-yard run by Revere in the first quarter and a 58-yard run by cornerback Dreck Cooper on a fumble recovery in the second quarter.

The Blue Hens only score was a 19-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Sam Postlethwait to split end Jamin Elliott in the second quarter to cap a 72-yard drive.

The Eagles defense sacked the Delaware quarterback five times.